Non-refillable bottle.



No. 762,487. PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904. L. M. a. 1. E. MCDERMOTN G. G.- ROGERS.

NON-RBPILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. Z5. 1904.

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PATENT OEEIcE.

LEI/VIS M. MCIDERMOTT, IRVIN ERRETT MODERMOTT, AND CLARENCE C. ROGERS, OF VHEELING, I/VEST VIRGINIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

' SPECIFICATIO." forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,487, dated June 14, 1904.

Application filed February 25, 1904. Serial No. 195,263. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,LEw1s M. MCD ERMOTT, IRvrN ERRETT INIQDERMOTT, and CLARENCE C. ROGERS, citizens of the United States, residing at Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and Stateof West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable loot-v tles, and has for its objects to produce acomparatively simple inexpensive device of .this character which will after the original filling of the bottle prevent subsequent introduction of liquor thereto, thereby obviating fradulent substitution-of an inferior grade of goods for that originally contained in the bottle.

To these ends the invention comprises theV novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a bottle embodying the invention. -Fig. 2 is a reverseplan View of the pressure-head. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the head and retaining member, the parts being disassembled. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the spring-ring.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bottle formed in two sections, preferably as herein shown, of which the upper section carrying the neck 2 may in practice be locked to the lower section by a bayonet-joint, cement, or otherwise to prevent separation of the parts after being once united.

The neck 2 is provided adjacent to its lower end with an internal peripheral enlargement or recess 3, adapted in practice to receive a packing-gasket 4, preferably of rubber, which supports upon its upper face a split ring or annulus 5, formed from some suitable spring metal.

Within the bottle is fitted a head or member 6, provided at its center with a verticallydisposed orifice 7 and around its periphery with a packing-ring 8, designed to bear snugly and tightly against the inner wall of the bottle to prevent liquid passing from beneath the member to the upper side thereof, the lower face of said head being provided with an enlarged circular recess 9 and with a pair of circular sockets or chambers 10, from which substantially V-shaped grooves or channels 11 lead to the central orifice 7, the axes of said channels being perpendicular to the axis of the orifice.

Seated and cemented or otherwise secured within the recess 9 is a retaining member or disk 12, having a central opening 13, adapted to register with the opening 7, and a pair of apertures or passages 14, arranged to register, respectively, with the chambers 10, which latter receive ball-valves A15, adapted to seat above and close the apertures v141e, the valves being normally held to seated position by means of springs 16, as illustrated in- Fig. 1.

Extendingdownward through theA neck 2 is a tubular operating member 17, fitted at its lower end in the orifice 7 and ,provided upon its exterior with a vertically-arranged series of transversely-disposed steps, producing engaging teeth 18, the side Walls of Awhich taper orjincline downwardly, attention being directed to the fact that this member extends downward through the gasket 4 and ring 5 and that the teeth engage successively with the latter to prevent upward movement of the member. The member 17 is provided at its lower end with suitable transverse openings 19, adapted in practice to. register with the adjacent ends of thegrooves or channels 11, while beneath the normally open lower end of the member 17 and within the orifice 13 there .is seated a disk-like stopper or closure 20.

In practice the head 6, having the valve 15 and retaining member or disk 12 properly assembled therewith, is arranged in the upper end of the lower section of the bottle, after which the upper section of the latter is secured in place. The bottle may then be filled with liquor through the central orifice 7, and after being so filled the closure 2O is dropped into said orifice, through which it passes and seats within the orifice 13,-the'walls of the closure and orifice being properly beveled, as herein shown, to prevent the closure passing entirely through the orifice. The member 17, having its lower end properly coated with cement, is then passed downward through the neck and has its lower end seated in the oriiice 7 and with the openings 19 in register with the channels or passages 11, the stopper 2O serving under these conditions to close the lower end of the tube, to which the liquid may iiow from the bottle through the passages 14 and 11 and thence outward through the tube for discharge from the bottle, the upper end ot' the tube being initially closed by a cork or otherwise. After arrangement of the parts as above described it' it is desired to discharge liquor from the bottle the member 17, which is suitably graduated for the purpose, is moved downward through the neck, thereby pressing the head 7 downward upon the liquor and causing the latter to pass the valves 14 and enter the tube 17. The desired quantity ot' liquor having entered the tube, downward movement ot' the latter is arrested, and the liquid is discharged, as usual. The teeth 18 b y engaging beneath the spring ring' ormember 5 serve to prevent upward movement of the operating member 17, which obviously prevents raising of the head 6 and the introduction of liquid to the bottle.

From the foregoing it is apparent that a simple inexpensive device is produced which is admirably adapted for the attainment o'f the ends in view; but it is to be understood that minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit or scope ot' the invention. It will be understood that a't'ter the bottle has been emptied it may be broken and the tube pressure-head and attendant parts removed for reusein another bottle, thereby materially reducing' the expense in the use of the device.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. The combination with a bottle and its neck, of a tubular operating member extended downward through the latter, a head carried by the lower end of and provided with passages leading to the member, the axes of said passages being perpendicular to the axis of the member, valves for normally closing the passages, and means for locking the member against upward movement.

2. The combination with a bottle and its neck, of a tubular operating member extended downward through the latter, a head carried by the lower end or' and provided with passages leading to the member, the axes of said passages being substantially perpendicular to the axis or' the member, valves disposed adjacent to the outer ends of and adapted for normally closing said passages, springs for maintaining the valves in closed position, and means for locking the operating member against upward movement.

3. The combination with a bottle and its neck, ot' a tubular operating member extended downward through the latter, a head carried by the lower end of and provided with passages leading to the member, the axes of the passages being substantially perpendicular to the axis of the member, valves for normally closing said passages, engaging teeth provided on the member, and a spring-ring arranged within the bottle-neck for engagement with the teeth to prevent upward movement ot' the members.

1. rlhe combination with a bottle and its neck, or' a tubular operating member extended downward through the latter, a head arranged within the bottle and having an oriiice -'or the reception of the lower end of and a passage leading to the member, the axis of the passage being substantially perpendicular to that of the member, a valve disposed adjacent to the outer end of and designed for normally closing the passage, a closure seated in the orifice beneath the lower end of the member and means for preventing upward movement of the latter.

In testimony that we claim the foregoingas our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS M. MCDERMOTT.

IRVIN ERRETT MCDERMOTT.

CLARENCE C. ROGERS. lVitnesses:

(JI-IAS. E. DANNENBERG,

Guo. E. BOYD, Jr. 

